scholarly journals Diagnostic and Prognostic Values of MANF Expression in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Jingyi He ◽  
Guangbing Li ◽  
Xihan Liu ◽  
Liye Ma ◽  
Peng Zhang ◽  
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignant tumors, and its prognosis is still poor. Mesencephalic astrocyte-derived neurotrophic factor (MANF) plays a key role in endoplasmic reticulum stress. ER stress plays a key role in HCC carcinogenesis. To confirm the clinical and prognostic value of MANF in HCC, we investigated the expression level of MANF in HCC as recorded in databases, and the results were verified by experiment. Survival analysis was probed by the Kaplan–Meier method. Cox regression models were used to ascertain the prognostic value of MANF in HCC tissue microarray. The diagnostic value of MANF in HCC was evaluated by receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. Potential correlation between MANF and selected genes was also analyzed. Results showed that MANF was overexpressed in HCC. Patients with high MANF expression levels had a worse prognosis and higher risk of tumor recurrence. Furthermore, the expression level of MANF had good diagnostic power. Correlation analysis revealed potential regulatory networks of MANF in HCC, laying a foundation for further study of the role of MANF in tumorigenesis. In conclusion, MANF was overexpressed in HCC and related to the occurrence and development of HCC. It is a potential diagnostic and prognostic indicator of HCC.

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji-sheng Jing ◽  
Hongbo Li ◽  
Shun-cai Wang ◽  
Jiu-ming Ma ◽  
La-qing Yu ◽  
...  

N-myc downstream-regulated gene 3 (NDRG3), an important member of the NDRG family, is involved in cell proliferation, differentiation, and other biological processes. The present study analyzed NDRG3 expression in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and explored the relationship between expression of NDRG3 in HCC patients and their clinicopathological characteristics. We performed quantitative real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) analysis and immunohistochemistry (IHC) analyses on HCC tissues to elucidate NDRG3 expression characteristics in HCC patients. Kaplan–Meier survival curve and Cox regression analyses were used to evaluate the prognoses of 102 patients with HCC. The results revealed that compared with non-tumor tissues, HCC tissues showed significantly higher NDRG3 expression. In addition, our analyses showed that NDRG3 expression was statistically associated with tumor size (P=0.048) and pathological grade (P=0.001). Survival analysis and Kaplan–Meier curves revealed that NDRG3 expression is an independent prognostic indicator for disease-free survival (P=0.002) and overall survival (P=0.005) in HCC patients. The data indicate that NDRG3 expression may be considered as a oncogenic biomarker and a novel predictor for HCC prognosis.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
xuyang ma ◽  
Ying Ding ◽  
Li Zeng

Abstract Background: The potential correlation between H2AFY (also known as MacroH2A1) and the clinical characteristics of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients was analysed through gene expression profiles and clinical data in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database, and the diagnostic and prognostic value of H2AFY in HCC was discussed. Methods: The gene expression data of HCC and the corresponding clinical characteristics of HCC patients were downloaded from the TCGA database. The differences in H2AFY in normal liver tissues and HCC were analysed. The relationship between H2AFY and clinical characteristics was analysed by Wilcoxon signed-rank test, logistic regression and Kruskal-Wallis test. The Kaplan-Meier method and the Cox regression method were used to analyse the relationship between overall survival and clinical characteristics of the patients. An ROC curve was used to predict the diagnostic value of H2AFY in HCC. Gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) was used to analyse the pathway enrichment of H2AFY. Result: Compared with normal liver tissues, H2AFY was significantly highly expressed in HCC. H2AFY was positively correlated with the age, clinical stage, G stage (grade) and T stage (tumor stage) of liver cancer patients. Higher H2AFY expression predicted a poor prognosis in HCC patients. Cox regression analysis suggested that H2AFY was an independent risk factor for the prognosis of HCC patients. The ROC curve suggested that H2AFY had certain diagnostic value in HCC. GSEA suggested that H2AFY was correlated with lipid metabolism and a variety of tumour pathways. Conclusion: Our study showed that H2AFY was significantly overexpressed in HCC. H2AFY may be a potential diagnostic and prognostic marker for HCC, and high expression of H2AFY predicts a poor prognosis in patients with HCC.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xianfeng Zhang ◽  
Xianjun Zhang ◽  
Xinguo Li ◽  
Hongbing Bao ◽  
Guang Li ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Nuclear casein kinase and cyclin-dependent kinase substrate 1 (NUCKS1) was over-expressed in some tumors, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the clinical significance of NUCKS1 in HCC was still unclear. The aim of this study was to explore the expression and prognostic value of NUCKS1 in HCC. Methods: Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) was used to detect the relative mRNA expression of NUCKS1 in HCC tissues and corresponding adjacent normal tissues. The relationship between NUCKS1 expression and clinical characteristics of patients was analyzed by c2 test. Kaplan-Meier method and cox regression analysis were applied to estimate the prognostic value of NUCKS1 in HCC. Results: Compared with normal tissues, the relative mRNA expression level of NUCKS1 was significantly up-regulated in HCC tissues (P < 0.001). And high NUCKS1 expression was closely associated with tumor differentiation, TNM stage, vascular invasion and metastasis (P < 0.05). Kaplan-Meier analysis revealed that the overall survival of HCC patients with low expression of NUCKS1 was obviously longer than those with high NUCKS1 expression (log rank test, P = 0.001). NUCKS1 was an independent prognostic factor of HCC patients via univariate and multivariate cox regression analyses.Conclusions: NUCKS1 may be correlated with the progression of HCC and may serve as a potential factor for the prognosis of this disease.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawei Wang ◽  
Youchen Ye ◽  
Tingting Qu ◽  
Zhifang Zhao ◽  
Zenghui Gu ◽  
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Abstract Background Osteosarcoma is the most common primary malignant tumor of skeleton in adolescence. Histone deacetylase 2 (HDAC2), a member of class I histone deacetylase, is putatively involved in tumorigenesis of human malignancies. This study aimed to evaluate the expression pattern and prognostic value of HDAC2 in osteosarcoma.Methods Four datasets were obtained from the gene expression omnibus (GEO) database to explore the expression and prognostic value of HDAC2. Level 3 mRNA expression profiles and clinical data were obtained in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) for validation. Expression pattern of HDAC2 were illustrated in GSE16088, GSE36001 and GSE42352. The prognostic value of HDAC2 was evaluated and validated by Kaplan-Meier analyses, receiver operating characteristic (ROC), concordance index (C-index) and calibration curve in GSE21257 and TCGA. Multivariate Cox regression analysis, nomogram, and decision curve analysis (DCA) were performed to assess the prognosis predictive capability. Protein-protein interaction (PPI) and gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) were applied to further understand the molecular network and regulatory mechanisms.Results HDAC2 expression was significantly increased in osteosarcoma tissues. High HDAC2 expression was associated with tumor metastasis and chemotherapy efficacy. Kaplan-Meier analysis demonstrated that high HDAC2 predicted worse overall survival. The ROC curve showed good performance in survival prediction. Cox regression demonstrated that HDAC2 could be an independent prognostic indicator. GSEA revealed patients with high HDAC2 expression were enriched with multiple ontological signatures.Conclusions Elevated expression of HDAC2 may identify an aggressive subgroup in osteosarcoma and serve as an independent prognostic indicator in these patients.


2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiumei Wang ◽  
Yongqiang Liu ◽  
Qiong Qin ◽  
Ti Zheng

Abstract Aim: To explore the prognostic value of clusterin (CLU) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients treated with oxaliplatin (OXA). Methods: Relative expression of plasma CLU mRNA was examined via fluorescence quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR), and CLU protein level in tissue samples was detected through immunohistochemistry. Chi-square test was used to analyze the relationship between CLU mRNA expression and clinical features of HCC patients treated with OXA. Kaplan–Meier method was performed to assess overall survival for the patients, and prognostic value of CLU in HCC patients was estimated via Cox regression analysis. Results: CLU expression in plasma and tissue specimens was significantly higher among HCC patients than in non-malignant controls (P &lt; 0.001 for both). Moreover, elevated CLU mRNA was closely related to tumor stage, lymph node metastasis and response to OXA (P &lt; 0.05). HCC patients with high CLU expression showed poor response to OXA. In addition, low CLU levels predicted long overall survival time among the study subjects (20.8 vs. 36.6 months, P &lt; 0.001). CLU was an independent prognostic indicator for HCC patients treated with OXA (HR = 2.587, 95%CI = 1.749–3.828, P &lt; 0.001). Conclusion: CLU may be a novel prognostic marker for HCC patients treated with OXA.


2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 030006052199773
Author(s):  
Ying Cai ◽  
Yu Zhao ◽  
Qiuxin Dai ◽  
Maozhong Xu ◽  
Xin Xu ◽  
...  

Objective The albumin–globulin ratio (AGR) has been identified as a promising prognostic predictor of mortality in patients with hematological malignancies. This study investigated the prognostic significance of AGR in patients with multiple myeloma. Methods Two hundred patients diagnosed with multiple myeloma from January 2010 to October 2018 were retrospectively analyzed and followed up until December 2019. Kaplan–Meier curves and multivariate Cox regression analysis were applied to detect the prognostic value of AGR. Results The median follow-up period was 36 months. The optimal cutoff of AGR was 1.16 according to receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. High AGR was significantly correlated with better overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS). Multivariate analysis revealed that low AGR was an independent prognostic factor for worse OS (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.82, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.15–2.94) and PFS (HR = 1.53, 95% CI = 1.09–2.17). Conclusions AGR may represent a potential prognostic biomarker in patients with multiple myeloma. Mini Abstract: We demonstrated that high AGR was associated with a favorable overall survival and progression-free survival in patients with multiple myeloma.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Yan ◽  
Xiaohui Du ◽  
Shaoyou Xia ◽  
Songyan Li ◽  
Da Teng ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common malignant tumors, its morbidity and mortality are increasing year by year, it is a serious threat to people's health. Some studies have reported that miR-219-5p acts as a tumor suppressor in some malignant tumors. So the purpose of this study was to investigate the prognostic value of miR-219-5p expression in CRC patients. Methods QRT-PCR was used to detect the expression levels of miR-219-5p in CRC tissues and corresponding normal tissues (P < 0.001). The prognostic value of miR-219-5p in CRC was analyzed by Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression analysis. Results The results indicated that the expression of miR-219-5p was significantly lower in CRC tissues, and its expression was closely correlated with tumor differentiation, TNM staging and lymph node metastasis (all P < 0.05). Moreover, Kaplan Meier survival analysis showed that the patients with low expression of miR-219-5p had worse overall survival rates (P < 0.05). Cox regression analysis further demonstrated that miR-219-5p expression was an independent prognostic factor for survival time in CRC patients (P = 0.018, HR = 2.026 and 95%CI: 1.127–3.643). Conclusions All the results suggest that miR-219-5p expression can be used as a potential prognostic biomarker for CRC patients.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhong Dai ◽  
Ke-Qing Yao ◽  
Xing-Sheng Hu ◽  
Yi-Qun Li ◽  
Yu-Tao Liu ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Rab25 was indicated to be involved in several human tumors. However, the clinical significance of Rab25 in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) was still unclear. The purpose of this study was to investigate the expression and prognostic value of Rab25 in HCC.Methods: The relative mRNA expression levels of Rab25 in HCC tissues and adjacent normal tissues were detected by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). Chi-square test was used to analyze the relationship between Rab25 expression and clinical characteristics of patients. The prognostic value of Rab25 in HCC was estimated through Kaplan-Meier method and cox regression analysis.Results: Rab25 gene expression level was significantly higher in HCC tissues than that in normal tissues (P<0.001). Importantly, the increased Rab25 expression was closely associated with TNM stage (P=0.024), metastasis (P=0.022) and invasion classification (P=0.039). Moreover, patients with high Rab25 expression tended to have obviously shorter overall survival than those with low expression of Rab25 (log rank test, P<0.001) via Kaplan-Meier analysis. Univariate and multivariate cox regression analyses revealed that Rab25 was an independent prognostic factor of HCC.Conclusions: Rab25 is up-regulated in HCC and contributes to the progression of this tumor. What’s more, Rab25 may be a potential bio-marker for the prognosis of HCC.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Cun-qing Kong ◽  
Xing-cai Chen ◽  
Guan-hua Qiu ◽  
Jing-chen Liang ◽  
Duo Wang ◽  
...  

Background. A growing number of studies have suggested that microRNAs exert an essential role in the development and occurrence of multiple tumours and act as crucial regulators in various biological processes. However, the expression and function of miRNA-140 in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells are not yet adequately identified and manifested. Methods. The expression of miRNA-140 was determined in HCC tissues and adjacent nontumour tissues by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). Kaplan–Meier survival analysis and Cox regression analysis were performed to explore the correlation between miRNA-140 expression level and the survival rate of patients with HCC. Additionally, overexpression experiments were conducted to investigate the biological role of miRNA-140 in HCC cells. Bioinformatics was used to predict the related target genes and pathways of miRNA-140. Results. QRT-PCR results signified that the expression level of miRNA-140 in HCC was lower than that of adjacent normal tissues ( P < 0.0001 ). Compared with the control group, the SMMC-7721 HCC cells in the miRNA-140 mimic group had a decrease in proliferation, migration, and invasion ( P < 0.05 ), whereas those in the miRNA-140 inhibitor group had an increase in proliferation, migration, and invasion ( P < 0.05 ). Cell cycle arrest occurred in the G0/1 phase. Prognosis analysis showed that the expression level of miRNA-140 was not related to the prognosis of HCC. Furthermore, the Kaplan–Meier test revealed that patients with lower miRNA-140 expression levels in liver cancer tissue had significantly shorter disease-free survival (DFS, P = 0.004 ) and overall survival (OS) times ( P = 0.010 ) after hepatectomy. Cox regression analysis further indicated that miRNA-140 was an independent risk factor that may affect the DFS ( P = 0.004 ) and OS times ( P = 0.014 ) of patients after hepatectomy. Our results suggested that miRNA-140 might be a crucial regulator involved in the HCC progression and is thus considered a potential prognostic biomarker and therapeutic target for HCC.


2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng Tian ◽  
Jian Xu ◽  
Fangxi Xue ◽  
Encui Guan ◽  
Xiaoguang Xu

Emerging evidence are accumulating that long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have recently been identified to participate in various cellular processes. Terminal differentiation induced ncRNA (TINCR) is a newly identified lncRNA with its functional roles not fully elucidated in human malignancy. The current study aims to identify the clinical significance of TINCR in prognosis and malignant progression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). TINCR expression in HCC specimens at various stages of tumorigenesis were measured by quantitative real-time RT PCR (qRT-PCR). The matched para-carcinoma tissues were used as controls. The associations of TINCR with clinicopathological characteristics, disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) of patients were further evaluated. Results revealed that high TINCR expression was significantly correlated with tumor size (P=0.005), tumor differentiation status (P=0.017), TNM stage (P=0.010), and vascular invasion (P=0.004). Moreover, Kaplan–Meier analysis demonstrated that TINCR was correlated to both DFS and OS in HCC cohorts. Patients with high TINCR expression tended to have worse prognosis. Multivariate Cox regression analysis indicated that TINCR was an independent poor prognostic indicator for DFS (HR =1.32, 95% CI: 1.00–1.57, P=0.000) and OS (HR =1.57, 95% CI: 1.30–1.86, P=0.004) in HCC. TINCR was demonstrated as a direct target of miR-137 and miR-133a, and was suppressed by miR-137/miR-133a. These results provide the first evidence that the expression of TINCR in HCC may play an oncogenic role in HCC differentiation, invasion, and metastasis. miR-137/miR-133a-TINCR pathway may serve as a promising target for tumor recurrence and prognosis of patients with HCC.


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